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Off mexico, and is sliding across texas, now going to come up through the mid-south and up the east coast. crews are trying to lift a train back on the track after it derailed in the flooding two crew members had to climb out of the train and swim to higher ground. nobody got hurt. wherever that it, maybe it said on your screen if dont know. live in]qhi galveston now. steve harrigan is in the middle of a mess. >> reporter: 50-miles-an-hour plus winds were enough to throw the sailboats on the roc...

Team, darren and derek murphy were chasing this storm. they thought they were in a safe place. but they were wrong. this bolt hit danny in the leg and barely missed his son derek. >> i do remember shortly afterward that i was paralyzed for a while. i was worried about that. i couldnt move my left foot. >> that lightning bolt blasted son derek into the car. danny is expected to make a full recovery. mexico is getting blasted on both coasts by a pair of tropical storms. tropical storm dolly cros...

Is happening, why the fed kept the status quo. he said its because the economy isnt all sunshine and roses at this point. you look at unemployment. the unemployment rate is still 7.3%. its high. growth in this country is still very weak. its at 2.5%. you really want to see it around 3%, 3.5% to be considered normal. at this point the fed is acting as a safety net. its not leaving the economy alone until its on stronger footing. other stories were following this morning at ten minutes past the ...

Stranded. hurricanes ingrid and manuel have affected more than a million people and now a third tropical system is developing off mexicos yucatan peninsula. a fire engulfs a chemical plant northwest of oklahoma city and forces the evacuation of nearby homes. the fire at the danlin industries plant is now out. the cause is still under investigation. amazingly no injuries are reported. the company supplies specialty chemicals to the oil and gas industry. a bit of better news out of washington ...

Chemical weapons, averting the threat of military action in syria for now. >>. >> hurricane ingrid packing 80-mile-per-hour winds as it spins off mexicos gulf coast. back to "lockup." due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >> last call. come on. >> at the louisville metro department of corrections jail, lunchtime means the cellophane-wrapped meals most everyone here calls szabos. >> the reason we call them szabos is because years ago our vending company was called szabo an...

Waters, the number three democrat on the financial services committee, vehemently denies any wrongdoing and is choosing to go to trial this fall, rather than admit violating ethics rules. the allegations come as democrat charles rangel, another prom length member of the congressional black caucus, faces trial on 13 ethics violations. bp will perform a crucial test this morning to determine if it can begin efforts to permanently seal the blowout well in the gulf of mexico. the test was initiall...

Already the law. under homeland security, this already is the law. >> there is a federal policy and there is an arizona policy. federal policy is goes after the violent, the drug dealer, the terrorists, the people trafficking the drugs. arizona wants every maid and gardener and deport them from arizona. >> its true because its required under the law. >> the federal is doing a lousy job doing this, but theyre doing a lousy job keeping cocaine out of the country. we have one rogue state that is pi...

The government attorney is now asking the court to stay the judges order. we still dont know at this point. the drilling is not going on. the deep water drilling not taking place. it could start back up at some point when its done. a lot of jobs are on hold because a lot of workers not working. tropical storm alex is off mexicos yucatan coast now. it could be bound for the spill area. we dont exactly know where its going to g. its going to be critical. we should see the forecasts and the models ...

Coast as a tropical storm as we get into early on sunday morning. then going right across the yucatan, only 24 hours across if it continues at this rate, at this path. and then strengthens back to a tropical storm as we get into tuesday, wednesday, and thursday. possibly with winds of 70 miles an hour. gusts of 85. theres a big cone of uncertainty. theres a chance the storm could move more north. it may stay further south and stay towards mexico. or it could die out all together under the yucata...

The coast of mexico. jamie: chicago politics front and center. the corruption trial of former illinois governor rod blagojevich well underway now, and next week the prosecution should finish their examination of the former governors chief of staff. he seems to be telling all. but this this week jurors have been getting an ear full of the exgovernor on tape. here is one clip between blagojevich and this top aid. >> one thing as bad as it would be to appoint myself, i just felt that yesterday, did...